On with the third chapter, not a lot I can say without giving everything away. So, read on!

CHAPTER 3

SORA

They arrived in Aqua Capital Mac Anu.

"I just want you all to know that it is very lucky that you escaped that situation," said the woman in white.

"Can I just ask you something?" asked Akazu.

"Of course," said the woman.

"Who are you?"

"Oh, excuse me," said the woman. "I forgot to tell you my name. I am Helba."

"What was that thing that you just saved us from?" asked Magora.

"I can't tell you now, but you will find out soon enough," said Helba. "But you are going to have to open that book that Aura gave you."

"Why?" asked Suzaku.

"You just will," said Helba, getting irritated. "I assure you, you will know when the time is right. In the meantime, you should all go to Delta Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground."

"Excuse me," said a voice. "But I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. If you don't mind, can I come to that dungeon with you?"

They turned and saw a girl with dark skin and brown hair with a large sword on her back.

"You're a Heavy Blade, aren't you?" asked Kite.

"Sure am," she said. "I'm Mimiru. So, can I come with you or what?"

"Ok," said Suzaku. "We could use a Heavy Blade anyway. This way we'll have one character of every class in our party."

Mimiru gave them all her member address. They all gave her theirs. Kite invited her to join the party, and they were about to warp when suddenly, Helba shouted at them, reminding them to buy items.

"Oh, yeah!" said Suzaku. "I was so caught up in the game that I totally forgot about that!"

They all sold their Yellow Candy and spent their money on different things. Kite bought Mage's Souls and Resurrects and Health Drinks. Michoru bought a new piece of hand armor. Magora bought a lot of Fortune Wires. Akazu bought mostly scrolls. And Suzaku bought new blades. Mimiru was already stocked up on items because she had spent so much time playing.

They went to the Chaos Gate, and Kite put in the keywords. They teleported.

They arrived in front of a large stone cathedral.

"Wow, this is beautiful," said Magora.

"It's strange, though..." said Kite. "It's not like a normal field."

"It's ok, there aren't any monsters here," said Mimiru. "I've been here before."

She strode into the cathedral, with the rest of the party following. The inside was just as beautiful as the outside, and there was a figure standing near the stained glass window at the other end.

"Sora, what are you doing here?" asked Mimiru.

The figure turned around, and drew his two swords. He jumped forward. He attacked Mimiru, but she managed to dodge.

"Ok, I have an idea!" said Kite. "Mimiru, you're closer to his level than us, so you attack him in melee combat! The rest of us will hang back and use magic!"

"But Kite, I'm a Heavy Axeman!" Akazu reminded him. "I can't use magic! Should I go into melee combat with Mimiru?"

"No," said Kite. "You're much slower than he is, and also, you're much weaker. You can still cast Repth, right? Then you can stay and heal Mimiru when she gets hurt! If anyone dies, I'll cover the resurrecting! Also, Akazu, you can use the occasional scroll, too! But don't get too caught up in casting magic or we'll all die before you know it!"

Mimiru slashed and slashed but it was no good, Sora kept dodging! Once, he even stood on her sword and ran up the blade, then struck her in the shoulder!

"Vak Kruz!" cried Magora, causing several fireballs to form in the air around Sora. The fireballs then crashed into him! It didn't do very much good though.

"Juk Rom!" Michoru screamed, and a tornado filled with leaves flew upward,barely damaging Sora.

Sora suddenly disappeared. But he didn't gate out, or else three rings would have passed down his body. Suddenly, Kite saw hisHP bar empty. He managed to turn around, and saw one of Sora's knives in his back. His body grayed, and he fell to the ground, dead. He suddenly felt himself high in the air, looking down at the scene. He was a ghost! Mimiru was about to use a Resurrect on him, but Sora quickly cut her down, too. That meant everyone who had Resurrects was dead! Sora got rid of Magora, Suzaku, Akazu and Michoru. They found themselves at Aqua Capital Mac Anu again. Helba was still standing by the Chaos Gate.

"Helba, why did you send us to get killed by that maniac?" Akazu wanted to know.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to happen," she replied. "I knew that he was there, but I was going to have you open the book, and... Well, anyway, there was a serious data corruption that was blocking the signal I was sending. I didn't know he was being controlled."

"What was he being controlled by?" asked Michoru.

"The thing that attacked you at Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field," answered Helba. "I've heard many rumors about people falling into comas while playing this game. This was because of Data Drain. A young boy playing as a Twin Blade player killer was knocked into a coma a while back. That must have been him."

"I remember that guy," said Mimiru. "He killed BT like, 87 times. It was ridiculous. All he wanted was her member address. But who would want to go adventuring with him anyway?"

"I don't know," said Suzaku. "But I'm logging out for a while. I'm tired."

That was true for all of them, so they logged out and rested.

I hope that wasn't bad... If it was just tell me and I'll fix it... anyway, thanks for reading this far...